tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post120563725174928215..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Private Eye Who Read the PulpsTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-85371806566405255242011-04-24T10:15:17.718+02:002011-04-24T10:15:17.718+02:00Yeah, the scenery of the post-GAD era isn't en...Yeah, the scenery of the post-GAD era isn't entirely that of a dry wasteland, barren of any creativity, but still, the oasis patches of green and blue are few and far between. <br /><br />I guess you read either "Booktaker" or "The Pulp Connection" in one of the locked room anthologies, which both are great impossible crime stories. Huh. Funny, I just noticed how all of his stories, involving a locked room, have a bookish theme running through them.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12620142197039524072011-04-24T00:52:39.960+02:002011-04-24T00:52:39.960+02:00Well, somehow or other, we picked this book up a f...Well, somehow or other, we picked this book up a few days apart from each other and missed a perfect opportunity to read it together! I liked a short story I read by Pronzini involving an impossible crime, and so I decided to get acquainted with him in novel form. (After all, "At the Scene of the Crime", while intended for classic GAD works, has turned into some sort of expo for post-GAD authors to show off that creativity somehow lived on after the Golden Age.) I think I read somewhere that Carr, while reviewing mysteries in the final years of his life, gave positive reviews to Pronzini- and the pulp convention setting persuaded me to pick up "Hoodwink". I was unaware it was an impossible crime tale to begin with!!! It certainly makes me interested in the book...<br /><br />I like character development, but I don't like it to drown out the mystery aspect. The positive comparison to Rex Stout has definitely gotten me intrigued with this Pronzini character...<br /><br />Incidentally (entirely off topic), I noticed when I woke up late yesterday morning (hey, I deserve some rest after conquering exams!) that my list of authors and books to keep an eye out for had moved slightly... This has me quite suspicious that something might await me in three weeks when I celebrate my birthday...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.com